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Light earthquake, 4.9 mag has occurred near Port-Vila in Vanuatu

Posted by admin on September 15, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location -17.356S, 167.7802WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 70 kilometers (43 miles) from Port-Vila in Vanuatu. Exact location of earthquake, 167.7802° East, -17.356° South, depth 45.372 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 45.372 km (28 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 15/09/24 / 2024-09-15 08:07:50 / September 15, 2024 @ 8:07 am. Unique identifier: us7000ndzi. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000ndzi. The temblor was picked up at 08:07:50 / 8:07 am (local time epicenter).

Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Port-Vila (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop). The epicenter was 71 km (44 miles) from Port-Vila (c. 35 900 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days nineteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 70 km NW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 167.7802° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -17.356° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 45.372 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 70 km NW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-09-15 08:07:50 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-09-15 08:42:13 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status reviewed Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami 0 This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG 369 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network us The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 42 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 4.586 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.06 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 40 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mb The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us7000ndzi Id of event.
Event Code 7000ndzi An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000ndzi, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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